Banks in La Crescent, MN

Bank branch map: La Crescent

Banks sit at the coordinates in their FDIC record; credit union offices at their NCUA address, located with the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder. Point at a marker for today's hours, tap it for the address, directions and the bank's site.

Short answer: 4 banks and credit unions operate 4 locations in La Crescent, according to the FDIC and the NCUA. 4 of them have coordinates on record and are on the map. 1 publish opening hours.

Positions are the regulators' own coordinates, or the Census Geocoder's point for the address, and can sit a few hundred feet from the door. Streets, buildings and parks come from OpenStreetMap through OpenFreeMap, with every street named as you zoom in; if that map cannot load, a simpler map drawn from the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line files takes its place. ATMs will follow with the Overture Maps import.

All banks and credit unions in La Crescent

Sorted by number of local branches. Each branch shows where its hours and phone number come from.

Short answer: Alerus Financial, Merchants Bank and ESB Bank have the most locations in La Crescent, with 1 each. 3 banks have a single office in the city. Open any bank to see each address, today's hours where the bank publishes them and the phone number.

Alerus Financial 1 branch · main office Grand Forks, ND Bank · 1

Alerus Financial has 1 branch in La Crescent, 15 across Minnesota and 27 nationwide. FDIC records list its main office in Grand Forks, ND and show it operating since 1933. With $5.28 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, it ranks No. 282 of 4,232 U.S. banks by total assets. The 5 La Crescent Branch at 208 S Walnut St dates to 1934 in FDIC branch records. It does not publish hours in the sources this page uses; check its site before you go.

• 5 La Crescent Branch

  208 S Walnut St, 55947

  Hours: see the bank's site
  DirectionsWebsite

Alerus Financial: profile, branches and contacts

Altra Credit Union 1 office · main office Onalaska, WI Credit union · 1

Altra Credit Union has 1 office in La Crescent, 4 across Minnesota. It is based in Onalaska, WI and $3.09 billion in assets on March 31, 2026, according to its NCUA call report. Its published hours do not list Saturday.

Who can join: see the credit union's site.

• Altra Federal Credit Union

  205 N Chestnut St, 55947

  (507) 895-3700Today: hours not published

  All hours

  Mon not published; Tue 9 am to 5:30 pm; Wed not published; Thu 9 am to 5:30 pm; Fri to Sun not published

  Hours: NCUA, March 31, 2026

  Directions

Altra Credit Union: profile, branches and contacts

ESB Bank 1 branch · main office Caledonia, MN Bank · 1

ESB Bank has 1 branch in La Crescent, 3 across Minnesota and 3 nationwide. FDIC records list its main office in Caledonia, MN and show it operating since 1909. With $208.9 million in total assets on June 30, 2026, it ranks No. 2,934 of 4,232 U.S. banks by total assets. The La Crescent Branch at 109 S Walnut St dates to 1879 in FDIC branch records. It does not publish hours in the sources this page uses; check its site before you go.

• La Crescent Branch

  109 S Walnut St, 55947

  Hours: see the bank's site
  DirectionsWebsite

ESB Bank: profile, branches and contacts

Merchants Bank 1 branch · main office Winona, MN Bank · 1

Merchants Bank has 1 branch in La Crescent, 20 across Minnesota and 22 nationwide. FDIC records list its main office in Winona, MN and show it operating since 1875. With $2.88 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, it ranks No. 444 of 4,232 U.S. banks by total assets. The La Crescent Branch at 316 Main St dates to 2003 in FDIC branch records. It does not publish hours in the sources this page uses; check its site before you go.

• La Crescent Branch

  316 Main St, 55947

  Hours: see the bank's site
  DirectionsWebsite

Merchants Bank: profile, branches and contacts

Join a credit union in La Crescent

1 credit union has 1 office here: Altra Credit Union. Each office is listed above with the phone and the hours it filed with the NCUA (call report as of March 31, 2026). Who can join each one is on its own site; the credit unions in La Crescent page has every office in the state's directory.

Banking in La Crescent: the local picture

Short answer: 3 banks run 3 branches in La Crescent according to the FDIC. A population estimate for this place is not available from the Census Bureau, so branches per resident are not shown.

Of the 3 banks, 0 have their main office in La Crescent, 2 elsewhere in Minnesota and 1 out of state, according to the FDIC.

The bank with the longest record here is Merchants Bank, operating since 1875 according to the FDIC. In FDIC branch records, the longest-running branch is ESB Bank's office at 109 S Walnut St, dating to 1879; the newest is Merchants Bank's at 316 Main St, from 2003.

The only credit union with an office here is Altra Credit Union.

Of the 1 location with published hours. None open on Saturday. 3 locations have no published hours in these sources.

Saturday hours in La Crescent

Short answer: None of the 1 La Crescent location with published hours lists Saturday hours. 3 locations do not publish hours in these sources; call ahead.

Credit union hours are the text each credit union filed with the NCUA, call report as of March 31, 2026; a day the filing does not mention is shown as not published, never as closed. Bank branches show hours only where the bank publishes them in a source this page uses; 3 of the 4 locations here have no published hours yet. The source and date sit under each office. Banks and credit unions often close on Federal Reserve holidays; call ahead.

Chase, Bank of America and other national banks

Which big national banks have branches in La Crescent, and where the nearest one is if they do not.

Short answer: No branches in La Crescent: Chase (nearest in Cottage Grove, 107 mi), Wells Fargo (nearest in Winona, 23 mi), Bank of America (nearest in Woodbury, 111 mi), PNC Bank, U.S. Bank (nearest in Rochester, 59 mi), Truist, Fifth Third Bank, Huntington (nearest in Cottage Grove, 107 mi), Regions Bank, TD Bank, BMO (nearest in Caledonia, 17 mi).

Branch counts from FDIC BankFind as of September 5, 2026. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of La Crescent to the nearest branch in Minnesota.

What your savings could earn

National benchmarks and the best published offers, from the Banrox Bank Rates tracker. Enter your own balance and rate to compare.

Short answer: At the national average savings rate of 0.38%, $10,000 kept in savings for a year earns about $38. The best published savings rate in the tracker, 3.75% at CIT Bank, earns about $375. The national average 12-month CD pays 1.71%.

Rates are the banks' published APYs as tracked on the Banrox Bank Rates page, with the date next to each benchmark; they are not offers from Banrox and can change daily. Interest is before tax. The best offers are mostly online banks and are open to La Crescent residents like anyone else.

Banks near La Crescent

Nearby cities with at least two banks, by straight-line distance. Counts from FDIC BankFind.

Short answer: The closest towns with more choice are Caledonia (17 miles) and Rushford (22 miles). Winona, 23 miles away, has the most banks nearby: 6.

Bank branch openings and closings in La Crescent

FDIC branch records, between September 5, 2025 and September 5, 2026.

Short answer: FDIC branch records show no bank branch openings in La Crescent between September 5, 2025 and September 5, 2026. Closings and relocations are not tracked by the sources this page uses yet.

Largest banks in La Crescent by total assets

Ranked by each bank's total assets on its FDIC balance sheet, which covers the whole bank, not only its La Crescent offices.

Short answer: Alerus Financial is the largest bank with offices in La Crescent, with $5.28 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, No. 282 among U.S. banks by total assets. Merchants Bank is second with $2.88 billion. Local deposit shares will follow once the FDIC Summary of Deposits is imported.

Total assets and ranks from FDIC BankFind as of June 30, 2026. Rank is among active banks that report total assets to the FDIC.

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